Ssh Tunnels & Sdt Connector - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 6: Secure SSH Tunneling & SDT Connector
Each Console Server has an embedded SSH server and uses SSH tunneling. This enables one Console Server to securely
manage all the systems and network devices in the data center, using text-based console tools (such as SSH, Telnet, SoL) or
graphical desktop tools (VNC, RDP , HTTPS, HTTP , X11, VMware, DRAC, iLO etc).
To set up Secure Tunnel access, the computer being accessed can be located on the same local network as the Console
Server, or attached to the Console Server via its serial COM port. The remote User/Administrator then connects to the Console
Server through an SSH tunnel (via dial-up, wireless or ISDN modem); a broadband Internet connection; an enterprise VPN
network or a local network.
To set up the secure SSH tunnel from the Client computer to the Console Server, you must install and launch SSH client
software on the User/Administrator's computer. It is recommended that you use the SDT Connector client software supplied
with the Console Server to do this. SDT Connector is simple to install and it auto-configures. It provides all your users with
point-and-click access to all the systems and devices in the secure network. With one click, SDT Connector sets up a
secure SSH tunnel from the client to the selected Console Server and then establishes a port forward connection to the
target network connected host or serial connected device. It will then execute the client application that will be used in
communicating with the host.
This chapter details the basic SDT Connector operations:
• Configuring the Console Server for SSH tunneled access to network attached hosts and setting up permitted Services and
Users access (Section 6.1)
• Setting up the SDT Connector client with gateway, host, service and client application details and making connections
between the Client computer and hosts connected to the Console Server (Section 6.2)
• Using SDT Connector to browser access the Management Console (Section 6.3)
• Using SDT Connector to Telnet or SSH connect to devices that are serially attached to the Console Server (Section 6.4)
The chapter then covers more advanced SDT Connector and SDT tunneling topics:
• Using SDT Connector for out of band access (Section 6.5)
• Automatic importing and exporting of configurations (Section 6.6)
• Configuring Public Key Authentication (Section 6.7)
• Setting up a SDT Secure Tunnel for Remote Desktop (Section 6.8)
• Setting up a SDT Secure Tunnel for VNC (Section 6.9)
• Using SDT to IP connect to hosts that are serially attached to the Console Server (Section 6.10)
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